High School Student Day in Mexico

Student's Day is a very special date for all children and young people because it is a date that recognizes the effort they make in their school work. In Mexico, Student's Day is celebrated on three dates in the month of May: May 17, Technical Student's Day; May 23, University Student's Day and May 28, High School Student's Day (Día del Estudiante Secundario).

In the same fashion as other education systems, education has identifiable stages: primary school, junior high school (or secondary school), high school, higher education, and postgraduate education.

In Mexico, basic education is normally divided in three steps: primary school (primaria), comprising grades 1–6; junior high school (secundaria), comprising grades 7–9; and high school (preparatoria), comprising grades 10–12.

Depending on definitions, primary education comprises primaria and secundaria, which are compulsory by law, while secondary education only includes preparatoria, which has recently been made compulsory.